Isaiah Likely or Jakobi Meyers: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Isaiah Likely at 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jakobi Meyers at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Isaiah Likely: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jakobi Meyers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 73rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Isaiah Likely has been on the field for 67 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 32 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 35 targets have averaged 7.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 5 of 10 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he caught 2 of 5 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 7 of 12 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Jakobi Meyers has been on the field for 79 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 1 of 1 target for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 7 of 8 targets for 64 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 3 of 4 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Isaiah Likely played 14 games and scored 61.7 PPR points, 4.4 a game, finishing TE45.

He caught 27 of 36 targets for 307 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 2.6 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 11.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers played 16 games and scored 175.8 PPR points, 11.0 a game, finishing WR32.

He caught 75 of 110 targets for 835 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 6.9 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 85 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jakobi Meyers was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jakobi Meyers scored 11.0 PPR points a game and Isaiah Likely 4.4, 6.6 a game between them.

Isaiah Likely finished TE45 and Jakobi Meyers WR32, which are two different ladders.

Isaiah Likely is a tight end and Jakobi Meyers a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Isaiah Likely is off in Week 8 and Jakobi Meyers in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Isaiah Likely is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.1 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.